Peak oil review – June 1
A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Production and prices
-The rebound
-Brazil
-Briefs
Energy Policy
Obama tackles the liquid fuels problem
Today I’ll try to explain President Obama’s policy for decreasing oil consumption in the United States. Right now the administration has so many balls in the air that it is impossible to make a definite statement about what the effects of their initiatives will be, but a coherent policy is emerging if you gather all the pieces together.
Renewables & efficiency – May 29
Why Obama Should Take Notes from Cuba on a Green Energy Revolution
Solar Carbon Payback
Resourceful Guy Builds Solar House, Solar Power, Solar Car
ODAC Newsletter – May 29
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
Review of RAND study, Imported Oil and US National Security (May, 2009)
RAND Corporation has brought its considerable expertise to bear on the national security implications of US oil import dependence…While this study examines this issue solely from an American perspective, many of its observations are applicable to other import-dependent nations. Although there is much of value in this report, I wish to challenge its central recommendation on how government should deal with price spikes and physical shortages.
United States – May 27
State of Paralysis
Natural Gas Politics
US steelworkers form unlikely alliance as renewables reinvigorate rustbelt
Deep thought – May 27
Here’s Good News About Your Net Worth
Energy: The Achilles Heel of the Resource Pyramid
The Renewables Hump 2: Digging Out of a Hole
Peak Oil Review – May 25
A round of peak oil news, including:
-Production and Prices
-Washington
Europe – May 23
Caroline Lucas: Painting a positive vision of a post-carbon world
Wales plans for energy self-sufficiency with renewables in 20 years
EuroElections 2009 : Party of European Socialists (PES)
United States – May 23
Regional climate pact’s lesson: avoid big giveaways to industry
Raising The CAFE standard will increase driving
Green camo: seeing through the military’s new environmentalism
Looking at ‘spoiled’ Americans through an energy lens
The sinking Titanic: interview with Michael C. Ruppert
Interview with investigative journalist and author Michael C. Ruppert about his new book A Presidential Energy Policy.
Climate 2030: a national blueprint for a clean energy economy
Yesterday, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released the Climate 2030: A National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy, a peer-reviewed study showing that the United States can dramatically cut global warming pollution while saving households and businesses in every region of the nation billions of dollars in energy costs.
